Nyambe Mulenga
Personal information
Full name Henry Nyambe Mulenga[1]
Date of birth (1987-08-27) August 27, 1987
Place of birth Chingola, Zambia
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 ZESCO United F.C.
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Forest Rangers
2008–2017 ZESCO United F.C.
2014 → Power Dynamos F.C. (loan)
International career‡
Zambia U20
2008–2015 Zambia 38 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2015-04-01[2]

Henry Nyambe Mulenga (born 27 August 1987 in Chingola) is a Zambian former footballer.

Career

Nyambe Mulenga started his career for Forest Rangers, before signed in December 2007 for ZESCO United F.C.[3] In April 2014 left ZESCO United F.C. and joined to League rival Power Dynamos F.C. on a season long loan deal.[4]

He last played in the defence for ZESCO United F.C. in the Zambian Premier League, before on 20 January 2017 retired.[5]

Career

Mulenga was part of the Zambian U-20 side which made the quarterfinals of the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.[6] He is a physical central defender, supported by the notion he was suspended for two of the four games Zambian played in the tournament, due to red card accumulation.[7]

In December 2014 he was involved in a road accident, breaking his leg.[8]

Honours

National Team

Zambia

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. July 5, 2007. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ Nyambe Mulenga at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ↑ "Injury prematurely ends Nyambe Mulenga's career | ZamFoot". ZamFoot. 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  4. ↑ Editor, Online. "DEFENDER Nyambe Mulenga ineligible to play for Power Dynamos | Lusaka Voice". www.lusakavoice.com. Retrieved 2018-03-27. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ "Zambia : Nyambe Mulenga reluctant to retire". LusakaTimes.com. 2017-01-20. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  6. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Squads". FIFA. 2007-06-30. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  7. ↑ "Zambia surprise Uruguay, advance to quarters in Under20". Reuters. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  8. ↑ "Zambian Mulenga is out of the Nations Cup after crash". BBC Sport. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
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